Dr. Schumacher is a Lecturer in Sustainable Finance and ESG at the Tokyo Institute of Technology. In addition, he is an Honorary Research Associate at the University of Oxford, as well as an Adjunct Lecturer at the University of Luxembourg and the United Nations University. His research focuses on ESG data and impact metrics, sustainable finance frameworks, green bonds, natural capital, biodiversity and ecosystem services, renewable energy project development, and TCFD/TNFD disclosure.

Prior, he worked as a consultant for the Luxembourg Ministry of the Environment, Climate and Sustainable Development and as a postdoctoral researcher in sustainable finance at the University of Oxford. He holds a PhD degree in Environmental Science from the University of Tokyo (2017) and Masters degree in Environmental Law and Policy from UC Berkeley (2012).He is a member of the GRI Global Sustainability Standards Board (GSSB).

He is also a Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv) and sits on the ISO Technical Committees on Sustainable Finance (TC 322) and Environmental Management (TC 207). Furthermore, he belongs to the Technical Working Groups of the Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB), the Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI), and the Green Finance Network Japan (GFNJ).